Thibodeau v. Slaney

[¶ 1] Kevin M. Thibodeau appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (Somerset County, Marsano, J.) determining that Thibodeau’s negligence claim was subject to the exclusivity provision of the Maine Liquor Liability Act 1 (MLLA) and vacating a jury verdict and judgment that had been entered in his favor. Thibodeau argues that it was error for the court to vacate the judgment because the facts of the case he presented were properly decided pursuant to his cause of action for negligence and did not fall within the scope of the MLLA. Daniel Slaney argues that the trial court’s judgment…